The Flying Tigers : the untold story of the American pilots who waged a secret war against Japan, Sam Kleiner

The Resource The Flying Tigers : the untold story of the American pilots who waged a secret war against Japan, Sam Kleiner

The Flying Tigers : the untold story of the American pilots who waged a secret war against Japan, Sam Kleiner

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"The thrilling story behind the American pilots who were secretly recruited to defend the nation's desperate Chinese allies before Pearl Harbor and ended up on the front lines of the war against the Japanese in the Pacific. Sam Kleiner's Flying Tigers tells the story of the group young American men and women who crossed the Pacific before Pearl Harbor to risk their lives defending the embattled forces of Chiang Kai-Shek's China. These 300 individuals were effectively paid mercenaries, secretly recruited by a mysterious shell company that the federal government had created to circumvent its official stance of non-intervention in the war. Drawn from across the armed services by the prospect of seeing the world and earning a good salary, they traveled to Burma under false identities in the late summer and fall of 1941 and began training there under legendary and leathery general Claire Chennault. The pilots first saw action twelve days after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and for the next seven months performed an invaluable strategic service by keeping the Japanese occupied in China and thus enabling the United States to build up its armaments before fully engaging in the conflict. For their daring exploits and remarkable string of victories, they became known as the Flying Tigers"--

"The thrilling story behind the American pilots who were secretly recruited to defend the nation's desperate Chinese allies before Pearl Harbor and ended up on the front lines of the war against the Japanese in the Pacific. Sam Kleiner's Flying Tigers tells the story of the group young American men and women who crossed the Pacific before Pearl Harbor to risk their lives defending the embattled forces of Chiang Kai-Shek's China. These 300 individuals were effectively paid mercenaries, secretly recruited by a mysterious shell company that the federal government had created to circumvent its official stance of non-intervention in the war. Drawn from across the armed services by the prospect of seeing the world and earning a good salary, they traveled to Burma under false identities in the late summer and fall of 1941 and began training there under legendary and leathery general Claire Chennault. The pilots first saw action twelve days after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and for the next seven months performed an invaluable strategic service by keeping the Japanese occupied in China and thus enabling the United States to build up its armaments before fully engaging in the conflict. For their daring exploits and remarkable string of victories, they became known as the Flying Tigers"--

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1987-

http://library.link/vocab/creatorName

Kleiner, Samuel M.

Index

index present

LC call number

DS777.533.A35

LC item number

K54 2018

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

http://library.link/vocab/subjectName

China

Chennault, Claire Lee

Chennault, Claire Lee

China

Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)

Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945

Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945

Military operations, Aerial

Military participation

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The Flying Tigers : the untold story of the American pilots who waged a secret war against Japan, Sam Kleiner

Dancing in the sky -- Meeting the princess -- The Rape of Nanking -- The international squadron -- Exile in the Chinese hinterland -- An air unit for China -- Training in Toungoo -- Wartime -- Legends in their own time -- Christmas in Rangoon -- Burmese days -- Aerial guerrilla warfare -- Last stand -- Black sheep down

Control code

on1029074499

Dimensions

24 cm

Extent

v, 294 pages

Isbn

9780399564130

Lccn

2018013214

Media category

unmediated

Media MARC source

rdamedia

Media type code

n

Other physical details

illustrations

System control number

(OCoLC)1029074499

Label

The Flying Tigers : the untold story of the American pilots who waged a secret war against Japan, Sam Kleiner

Dancing in the sky -- Meeting the princess -- The Rape of Nanking -- The international squadron -- Exile in the Chinese hinterland -- An air unit for China -- Training in Toungoo -- Wartime -- Legends in their own time -- Christmas in Rangoon -- Burmese days -- Aerial guerrilla warfare -- Last stand -- Black sheep down